AS A child I was always warned by anyone with a modicum of sense or a particle of scientific knowledge, that looking directly at the sun will make you go blind.
So when the Greenwich Royal Observatory announced their new planetarium show allowed you to do just that, my inner child jumped at the chance.
Secrets Of The Sun, part of the observatory’s Solar Season, takes viewers deep inside the sun’s core to reveal its dynamic nature.
The film culminates with a glimpse of our nearest star’s ultimate fate — a slow, staggering death as it struggles to use what little fuel it has left.
With the use of state of the art CGI this documentary clearly informs but never patronises.
However, it lacks the scope of other planetarium shows, such as We Are Astronomers and misses the opportunity to explore the subject of stars in general.
Nevertheless, it is ideal for keeping little half term star gazers occupied for 20 minutes at least.
Secrets Of The Sun. Peter Harrison Planetarium, Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Until May 9.
020 8858 4422 or visit nmm.ac.uk
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